Effect of Phonological and Semantic Radicals on the Identification of Chinese Characters: Instructional and Research Possibilities

Zhang, Limei; Foo, Suan Fong

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8860-5_11

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“…In this context, we wondered if the strength of the ideographic function would affect feature integration? Second, whereas previous IC studies have rarely addressed top-down factors such as semantics and background knowledge, Chinese words are ideographic characters with two simultaneous channels for processing them as either whole characters or as components (Zhang et al, 2018). This suggests that Chinese words have both top-down and bottom-up processing; in this context, we wondered whether top-down processing would regulate feature integration in Chinese words.…”

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The Distinctness of Illusory and Non-Illusory Conjunctions in the Perception of Chinese Words: Assessing the Roles of Stimulus Exposure Time

Wu,

Wang

2023

Percept Mot Skills

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Background: Previous studies of illusory conjunction (IC) mainly focused on alphabetic languages, while researchers poorly understood the IC mechanism of Chinese words as an ideographic writing system. Purpose: In the present study, we aimed to investigate the dynamic changes of IC effects for Chinese words under different stimulus exposure times and spatial arrangements. Research Design: We conducted two experiments with a 3 (Condition: IC, non-IC-same, non-IC-different) × 3 (Exposure time: 38 ms, 88 ms, 138 ms) within-subject design. Results: The results showed that in the IC condition, the two characters recombined regardless of exposure time as long as they could form an orthographically correct new word, demonstrating the universality of IC. In non-IC conditions, increasing exposure time decreased response time and significantly reduced error rate, indicating that attention played a decisive role in perceptual processing. The spatial arrangement had no impact on IC production. Conclusions: These findings support the feature confirmation account model, suggesting that attention modulates IC through top-down feature confirmation processes. These data expand an understanding of IC mechanisms, validate the role of attention in feature confirmation, and elucidate the inimitable mechanism of the Chinese word IC influenced by both low-level visual processing and high-level cognitive control.

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